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23 August 2010
The beauty of data visualization: David McCandless on TED.com
David McCandless turns complex data sets like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates and more into beautiful yet simple diagrams. He proposes design as the tool we use to navigate today’s information glut, finding unique patterns and connections that may just change the way we see the world. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 18:17)
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Aug 24 2010
Lot of knowledge within so little time and in very limited space.
What interested me the most was to realize how you can put huge amounts of information
in just one place through graphics and infographics, if they are really well-thought. -
Sep 13 2010
Awesome, the way he visualizes the data and make them easy to understand even to the layman! 18 minutes with million of information! superb!
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One of my favorite, learning so much within so little time =)